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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2001-10-27 08:16 PM

Last Will and Testament

This is the end, the final word
of all the rambling thoughts you’ve heard
Through all the best and worst of years
Though all we lived these many years

And now it’s time to let you know
What gifts in death I would bestow
It’s to the living I impart
those things most treasured to my heart

It is for you, the young to choose
the things you hope to save or use
The worldly goods your fondest of
that warmed our home and spoke of love

But I would rather choose to give
the things by which you all will live
To you, my children, cherished ones
My lovely daughter, three good sons

I leave a treasure greater than
the wealth of any living man
I leave to you a heritage
that will endure from age to age

I leave the principles I’ve taught
I leave the deepness of a thought
I leave respect for natures ways
The stars of night, the golden days

I leave the simple humble words
The beauty of the summer birds
The smell of wet in April’s earth
The things of true aesthetic worth

To your sweet children, little ones
whose lives have only just begun
I leave the greatest gift behind
I leave my heart, my soul, my mind

For these are written on a page
and can be read at any age
Whatever wisdom I have gained
In lyric verses is contained

Within a phrase of poetry
you’ll find a silhouette of me
I leave to all these verses scrolled
of all I lived, from young to old

You will draw from time to time
The peace and joy within a rhyme
The answers to your fears and doubts
that poured from life’s aesthetic spouts

And so this is the cherished gift
to ease your mind, your soul uplift
I leave the thing most dear to me
I leave to you my poetry

Elizabeth Santos

Startime
Member Ascendant

since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

1 posted 2001-10-27 08:41 PM

STANDING OVATION!!!! THIS IS SO VERY PERFECT. This Will and Testament has your true worth in every word. BRAVO!!!

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2001-10-27 08:46 PM

LizzieLove~

'Within a phrase of poetry
you’ll find a silhouette of me'

I have no doubt of this~
It's beautiful, sweet poetess~
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2001-10-27 08:47 PM

Liz--A priceless gift!!! A wonderful poem!!!Your legacy is a treasure, but the beauty, strengh, wisdom and tears you bring to poetry could never rival the integrity of your heart. Hugs!

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

4 posted 2001-10-28 03:45 AM

And what greater gift than the words of your heart and soul. This is the greatest gift they will ever receive and so shall we, and for that Elizabeth Santos, I give thanks.

~*~ Carpe' Diem ~*~

Larry C

Member Patricius

since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

5 posted 2001-10-28 03:51 AM

Elizabeth,
I am speechless! So wonderfully done. What a blessing this gift you give. Nicely done.

Ariana
Senior Member

since 2000-10-08

Posts 571
Orlando, Florida

6 posted 2001-10-28 08:06 AM

Elizabeth: Your daughter and 3 sons will cherish these words forever and forever and down through their children. Very nicely done.

The Rusty Knight
Member

since 2001-08-29

Posts 414
Texas

7 posted 2001-10-28 08:14 AM

This one tugs at the heart strings. It is hard to read through the tears.

Death comes not when we cease to breathe, but when we cease to dream.

Nan

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

8 posted 2001-10-28 09:23 AM

Elizabeth - You are an amazing woman. Having met three of your four children, and having been soooo fortunate to have shared in the "birth" day of your most recent little one, I've got to say that they already have your gift - They are a piece of you - gentle and wonderful spirits all... Love ya sweet Liz...

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

9 posted 2001-10-28 11:21 AM

I leave the greatest gift behind
I leave my heart, my soul, my mind

For these are written on a page
and can be read at any age
Whatever wisdom I have gained
In lyric verses is contained

Within a phrase of poetry
you’ll find a silhouette of me
I leave to all these verses scrolled
of all I lived, from young to old

You will draw from time to time
The peace and joy within a rhyme
The answers to your fears and doubts
that poured from life’s aesthetic spouts

And so this is the cherished gift
to ease your mind, your soul uplift
I leave the thing most dear to me
I leave to you my poetry
=====================================

I hope they truely know and understand what an percious gift that is....
sometimes I wonder that only another poet can apprecitate the depth and longevity of this gift of verse..and coming from a poet of your calibur...the gift is even more amazing...as is this very special poem.
Once again I say...you are a poetess of exceptional grace.

This distance has shown how the road remains alone
Now I'm looking in my life ... for a truth that is my own.

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

10 posted 2001-10-28 11:33 AM

Elizabeth,
This is truely an epopee. Love Sy

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

11 posted 2001-10-28 04:38 PM

This is beautiful, Elizabeth, so beautiful and touching. The words that speak our hearts, I think, are the best things that we can leave to our children and grandchildren. Wonderfully expressed, Elizabeth!

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

12 posted 2001-10-28 04:41 PM

A most precious legacy...

thank you for adopting us...

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

13 posted 2001-10-29 06:46 AM

Startime, Thank you for the Bravo! THat's a very powerful word

Marge, You always warm my heart

Martie, Thank you, dear friend. You bring a tear

Mysteria. THank you for always reading. Your exuberance is contagious and your poetry inspiring

Larry, A lovely comment, Thanks

Ariana, This is truly the greatest inheritance, our upbringing and the love and remebering the spitit of a loved one.
Thank you

Rusty Knight, Thank you dear friend for your kind remark

Nan, I am so glad you were in here to share in our family life. And I thank you for your heartfelt comments

Janet Marie,
Your generous comments are truly appreciated and coming from yoyu, they mean so much
Thank you sweet one for your continuing inspiration to me and to many others

Sy, THank you, dear friend and teacher

Denise, Your family is truly blessed with a wonderful legacy that you will leave, for your works are so full of family love and devotion. Thank you

Sunshine, THanks, lovely poetess. You are so sweet.

Liz

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